Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel sheet which is excellent in ridging resistance which comprises, by mass %, Cr: 10 to 30%, Sn: 0.005 to 1%, C: 0.001 to 0.1%, N: 0.001 to 0.1%, Si: 0.01 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.1%, and S: 0.0001 to 0.01% and has a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and which has an X-ray diffraction strength in the {100}<012> orientation from a surface layer to t/4 (“t” is sheet thickness) of 2 or more.

Abstract: A Cr-containing ferritic stainless steel sheet is desired with improved corrosion resistance and rust resistance as well as improved ridging resistance. To achieve these results, the ferritic stainless steel sheet derives the relationship between Ap, which shows the ?-phase rate at 1100° C. due to a predetermined ingredient, and Sn in ferritic stainless steel which becomes a dual phase structure of ?+? in the hot rolling temperature region, applies and adds Sn, and hot rolls the steel to give a total rolling rate of 15% or more in 1100° C. or higher hot rolling to thereby obtain ferritic stainless steel sheet which has good ridging resistance, which also has excellent corrosion resistance and rust resistance, and which can be applied to general durable consumer goods, wherein 0.060?Sn?0.634?0.0082Ap and 10?Ap?70.

Abstract: A heat-resistant cold rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet containing, in mass %, 0.02% or less of C, 0.1% to 1.0% of Si, greater than 0.6% to 1.5% of Mn, 0.01% to 0.05% of P, 0.0001% to 0.0100% of S, 13.0% to 20.0% of Cr, 0.1% to 3.0% of Mo, 0.005% to 0.20% of Ti, 0.3% to 1.0% of Nb, 0.0002% to 0.0050% of B, 0.005% to 0.50% of Al, 0.02% or less of N, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which {111}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 20% or greater in a region from a surface layer to t/4 (t is a sheet thickness), {111}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 40% or greater in a region from t/4 to t/2, and {011}-oriented grains are present at an area ratio of 15% or less in the entire region in a thickness direction.

Abstract: One aspect of this ferritic stainless steel sheet contains, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, N: 0.05% or less, Si: 1% or less, Mn: 1.2% or less, Cr: 14% or more and 28% or less, Nb: 8(C +N) or more and 0.8% or less, and Al: 0.1% or less, with a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which a film satisfying Expression 1 is formed in a surface thereof. Expression 1 is df×Crf+5(Sif+3Alf)?2.0. In Expression 1, df represents a thickness (nm) of the film, Crf represents a Cr cationic fraction in the film, Sif represents a Si cationic fraction in the film, and Alf represents an Al cationic fraction in the film.

Abstract: This hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a steel composition containing, in terms of % by mass: 0.02% or less of C; 0.02% or less of N; 0.1% to 1.5% of Si; 1.5% or less of Mn; 0.035% or less of P; 0.010% or less of S; 1.5% or less of Ni; 10% to 20% of Cr; 1.0% to 3.0% of Cu; 0.08% to 0.30% of Ti; and 0.3% or less of Al, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the hot-rolled ferritic stainless steel sheet has a Vickers hardness of less than 235 Hv.

Abstract: This ferritic stainless steel sheet contains, by mass %: C: 0.02% or less, N: 0.02% or less, Si: 0.05% to 0.80%, Mn: 0.05% to 1.00%, P: 0.04% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Cr: 12% to 20%, Cu: 0.80% to 1.50%; Ni: 1.0% or less, Mo: 0.01% to 2.00%, Nb: 0.30% to 1.00%, Ti: 0.01% to less than 0.25%, Al: 0.003% to 0.46%, V: 0.01% to less than 0.15%, and B: 0.0002% to 0.0050%, with a remainder of Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the following formulae (1) and (2) are satisfied, and an average Cu concentration in an area from a surface to a depth of 200 nm is 3.00% or less, in the case of Mn<0.65%, 1.44×Si?Mn?0.05?0??(1), and in the case of Mn?0.65%, 1.10×Si+Mn?1.19?0??(2).

Abstract: An automotive member or a feed oil pipe includes: a member made of a ferritic stainless steel containing predetermined components containing 10.5% to 18.0% of Cr in mass %; a metal fitting made of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, the metal fitting being attached to the member; and a gap structure defined between the member and the metal fitting, the gap structure being exposed to a chloride environment, where the metal fitting has an Al-plating weight per unit area of 20 g/m2 or more and 150 g/m2 or less on a surface corresponding to a gap of the gap structure, and surfaces of the metal fitting and the non-aluminized member other than the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 ?m to 35 ?m.

Abstract: This heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel sheet contains, in mass %, C: 0.05 to 0.15%, Si: 1.0 to 3.5%, Mn: 0.5 to 2.0%, P: not more than 0.04%, S: not more than 0.01%, Cr: 23.0 to 26.0%, Ni: 10.0 to 15.0%, Mo: 0.50 to 1.20%, Ti: not more than 0.1%, Al: 0.01 to 0.10% and N: 0.10 to 0.30%, wherein the total amount of C and N (C+N) is from 0.25 to 0.35%, and the balance is composed of Fe and unavoidable impurities. The heat-resistant austenitic stainless steel can be used in a high-temperature environment that reaches a maximum temperature of 1,100° C.

Abstract: The present invention provides a low-alloy high-purity ferritic stainless steel sheet provided with improved oxidation resistance and high-temperature strength by utilizing Sn addition in trace amounts without relying on excessive alloying of Al and Si which reduces fabricability and weldability or addition of rare elements such as Nb, Mo, W, and rare earths, and a process for producing the same. The high-purity ferritic stainless steel sheet includes C: 0.001 to 0.03%, Si: 0.01 to 2%, Mn: 0.01 to 1.5%, P: 0.005 to 0.05%, S: 0.0001 to 0.01%, Cr: 16 to 30%, N: 0.001 to 0.03%, Al: 0.05 to 3%, and Sn: 0.01 to 1% (% by mass), with the remainder being Fe and unavoidable impurities. A stainless steel slab having such steel components is heated, wherein an extraction temperature is 1100 to 1250° C., and a winding temperature after hot rolling is 650° C. or lower. A hot-rolled sheet is annealed at 900 to 1050° C., and cooled at 10° C./sec or less over a temperature range of 550 to 850° C.

Abstract: A stainless steel sheet free of surface flaws, having an enhanced high temperature strength and corrosion resistance, not becoming brittle at a high temperature, and further exhibiting a high oxidation resistance enabling it to be suitably used as an inside pipe of a double pipe of an exhaust manifold, a turbocharger part, and other automobile exhaust system parts, which stainless steel sheet has a predetermined composition of chemical components and satisfies Cr+20Mo?24.0%, and Si+20C+15N?5.8%. Further, an automobile exhaust system part, excellent in both the oxidation resistances of the base material and weld zone using the above stainless steel sheet, having a gradient of change of sheet thickness between the weld metal and the base material of the above stainless steel sheet of 15 degrees or less.

Abstract: Ferritic stainless steel sheet which is excellent in ridging resistance which comprises, by mass %, Cr: 10 to 30%, Sn: 0.005 to 1%, C: 0.001 to 0.1%, N: 0.001 to 0.1%, Si: 0.01 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.01 to 3.0%, P: 0.005 to 0.1%, and S: 0.0001 to 0.01% and has a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities and which has an X-ray diffraction strength in the {100}<012> orientation from a surface layer to t/4 (“t” is sheet thickness) of 2 or more.

Abstract: A method of increasing the thickness of a tube which increases a thickness of an end part of a tube without a burr being formed, comprising placing a tube 21 between a die 25 and mandrel 22 in the state with a space for increasing the thickness between a small diameter part 22a of the mandrel 22 and a first end part 21a of a tube 21 and between a large diameter hole part 25C of the die 25 and a second end part 21b of the tube 21, using a first upsetting punch 23 and a second upsetting punch 24 to respectively process the first end part 21a and the second end part 21b of the tube 21, pulling out the mandrel 22 from the tube 31 in the state with the second upsetting punch 24 constraining the second end part 31b of the tube 31, and using the first upsetting punch 23 to push up the first end part 31a of the tube 31 to take out the tube 31 from the die 25.

Abstract: To provide a ferritic stainless steel sheet which has high scale spalling even at a high temperature around 1000° C. Provided is a ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent Mn-containing oxide film-forming ability and scale spalling ability, containing, in terms of mass %: C: 0.001 to 0.020%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.20 to 1.00%, Cr: 16.0 to 20.0%, Nb: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mo: 1.80 to 2.40%, W: 0.05 to 1.40%, Cu: 1.00 to 2.50%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, in which the above-mentioned components are contained satisfying the formula (1) below, and the balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. At least one of N, Al, V, Mg, Sn, Co, Zr, Hf, and Ta may be added in a predetermined content range.

Abstract: A stainless steel exhibiting an excellent brazeability includes in mass %: C: from 0.001% to 0.1%; Si: from more than 1.5% to 4.0%; Mn: from 0.05% to 4.0%; Cr: from 10.5% to 30%; Ni: 35% or less; N: from 0.001% to 0.4%; one or both of Ti: 0.002% to 0.030% and Al: 0.002% to 0.10%; and a balance being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which an Si content, a Ti content and an Al content satisfy Formula 1, and an oxide film with a composition satisfying Formula 2 is formed on a surface of the stainless steel, Sim/(Tim+Alm)?40??Formula 1 1.2×SimFem?Sif/Fef?5×Sim/Fem??Formula 2 in Formula 1 and Formula 2, a suffix “f” expresses the oxide film in a unit of atom %, and a suffix “m” expresses a base material in a unit of mass %.

Abstract: To provide a ferritic stainless steel sheet which has high scale spalling even at a high temperature around 1000° C. Provided is a ferritic stainless steel sheet having excellent Mn-containing oxide film-forming ability and scale spalling ability, containing, in terms of mass %: C: 0.001 to 0.020%, N: 0.001 to 0.020%, Si: 0.10 to 0.40%, Mn: 0.20 to 1.00%, Cr: 16.0 to 20.0%, Nb: 0.30 to 0.80%, Mo: 1.80 to 2.40%, W: 0.05 to 1.40%, Cu: 1.00 to 2.50%, and B: 0.0003 to 0.0030%, in which the above-mentioned components are contained satisfying the formula (1) below, and the balance is composed of Fe and inevitable impurities. At least one of N, Al, V, Mg, Sn, Co, Zr, Hf, and Ta may be added in a predetermined content range.

Abstract: An automotive member or oil filler pipe includes: a member of ferritic stainless steel containing, in mass %, at most 0.015% of C, at most 0.015% of N, 10.5 to 18.0% of Cr, 0.01 to 0.80% of Si, 0.01 to 0.80% of Mn, at most 0.050% of P, at most 0.010% of S, 0.010 to 0.100% of Al, more than 0.3 to 1.5% of Mo, and one or both of 0.03 to 0.30% of Ti and Nb; and a metal fitting of an aluminized stainless steel sheet, which is attached to the member to define therebetween a gap structure to be exposed to a chloride environment, and has an Al-plating weight per unit area ranging from 20 to 150 g/m2 in the gap structure. Surfaces of the metal fitting and member not facing the gap are coated with a cation electrodeposition coating film having a thickness of 5 to 35 ?m.

Abstract: This high-strength austenitic stainless steel having excellent hydrogen embrittlement resistance characteristics includes, by mass %, C: 0.2% or less, Si: 0.3% to 1.5%, Mn: 7.0% to 11.0%, P: 0.06% or less, S: 0.008% or less, Ni: 5.0% to 10.0%, Cr: 14.0% to 20.0%, Cu: 1.0% to 5.0%, N: 0.01% to 0.4%, and 0: 0.015% or less, with the balance being Fe and unavoidable impurities, wherein an average size of Cr-based carbonitrides is 100 nm or less, and an amount of the Cr-based carbonitrides is 0.001% to 0.5% in terms of % by mass.

Abstract: A ferritic stainless steel for exhaust system components excellent in corrosion resistance after heating includes: 0.015 mass % or less of C; 0.02 mass % or less of N; 0.03 mass % to 1.0 mass of Si; 1.0 mass of Mn; 0.04 mass of P; 0.01 mass of S; 10.5 mass % to 22.5 mass of Cr; 0.02 mass % to 0.5 mass of Sn; 0.003 mass % to 0.2 mass of Al; one or both of 0.03 mass % to 0.35 mass of Ti and 0.03 mass % to 0.6 mass of Nb; and a remnant comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein a grain size number on a surface of the ferritic stainless steel is 6 to 2 to 15 nm of a layer containing Sn at a concentration twice or more of Sn content in the base material is formed on the ferritic stainless steel.

Abstract: This alloying element-saving hot rolled duplex stainless steel material contains, by mass %, C: 0.03% or less, Si: 0.05% to 1.0%, Mn: 0.5% to 7.0%, P: 0.05% or less, S: 0.010% or less, Ni: 0.1% to 5.0%, Cr: 18.0% to 25.0%, N: 0.05% to 0.30% and Al: 0.001% to 0.05%, with a remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, wherein the alloying element-saving hot rolled duplex stainless steel material is produced by hot rolling, a chromium nitride precipitation temperature TN is in a range of 960° C. or lower, a yield strength is 50 MPa or more higher than that of a hot rolled steel material which is subjected to a solution heat treatment, and the alloying element-saving hot rolled duplex stainless steel material is as hot rolled state, and is not subjected to a solution heat treatment. This clad steel plate includes a duplex stainless steel as a cladding material, the duplex stainless steel has the above composition, and the chromium nitride precipitation temperature TN is in a range of 800° C. to 970° C.

Abstract: This super non-magnetic soft stainless steel wire rod includes, in mass %, C: 0.08% or less, Si: 0.05% to 2.0%, Mn: more than 8.0% to 25.0% or less, P: 0.06% or less, S: 0.01% or less, Ni: more than 6.0% to 30.0% or less, Cr: 13.0% to 25.0%, Cu: 0.2% to 5.0%, N: less than 0.20%, Al: 0.002% to 1.5%, and C+N: less than 0.20%, with the remainder being Fe and inevitable impurities, in which Md30, which is expressed as Equation (a) described below, is ?150 or less. Md30=413?462(C+N)?9.2Si?8.1Mn?9.5Ni?13.